He also likes to cast himself as some sort of traveler OF THE NIGHT who goes to a video game world, quickly befriends the protagonist there, helps them win the game, then moves on. Think abridged series + let's play, BUT THAT DOESN'T MATTER!

He first burst onto the LP scene in ULTRA OMEGA HEAVY METAL fashion in February 2009. After taking the entirety of 2011 off, he suddenly reappeared in April 2012, and uploaded videos regularly again for about a year. Sir Ron has been inactive since early 2013 due to his computer dying, though his output had been slowing considerably prior to that.

As of late August 2014, has posted multiple commentary-free Final Fantasy Tactics videos.

Bash Brothers: Sir Ron and SPECIAL GUEST Andy the Anarchist in "Let's Go Back In Time And F!@# Around!"

Berserk Button: Averted for the most part; Ron is actually fairly easy-going, never letting anything get to him, not even a Kaizo Trap. However, he plays it frighteningly (and hilariously) straight if he is cheated out of a large reward he most definitely earned.

Captain Obvious: Sir Ron gives Kafei this nickname after he explains the rather evident solution to getting through the trap rooms in the thief hideout. Kafei is naturally confused by this when Ron continues to call him such after going back in time again.

Tatl: Who is that? Ron: That is a man!

Catch Phrase: Quite a repertoire in fact, that keeps getting larger while also remaining completely recognizable. "OH WHAT THE—!" is the main offender, occasionally approaching Verbal Tic levels.

One seems to serve as his gaming philosophy: "Why take a shortcut when you can take the long way?"

Cool Shades: Sir Ron and his beautiful vampire queen are flaunting some in a previous YouTube icon.

Couch Gag : Not done by Sir Ron himself but by the highest rated comments on each of his videos, a lot of them are funny. Chances are, you'll be reading them first before watching the episode and it'll become a routine before you know it.

Characterization Marches On: His first LP, Super Mario 64's, the first videos seem very unenthusiastic and lack his trademark voice. It can be rather off-putting to hear it after listening to another later LP of his.

Whenever he does occasionally curse, he cuts those out. (e.g., "YOU MOTHERFU-) When he plays games with minor swears like "Hell" or "Damn", he reads them and cuts them out halfway, as well. He often parodies himself in this department, such as with the introduction of a certain bard.

For his Braid LP, he has to do a lot of editing to cut out all the times Andy the Anarchist swears. It makes the video extremely jerky.

His first video of his I Wanna Be the Guy LP contains a hilarious one. After going through the game for 20 minutes without so much as a single swear (possibly a record for this game) and only progressing three screens, he tries to jump down into a hole... and a platform pops up out of nowhere, blocking him. Sir Ron's reaction: "FFFUUU-!"<end of video>

Doing It for the Art: From his Youtube profile, "Remember that my LPs are a personal hobby of mine and I never want to make them a "job". I don't fake enthusiasm, sorry."

In his Final Fantasy IV LP, he grinded 5 hours straight the moment he went out of the village in the beginning of the game by levelling Cecil and Cain to 20. Of course, he didn't record it for our convenience. And that's just the first grind.

When Retsupurae did their business on him, they pointed out that he had, at that point, over 290 videos uploaded but less than 50 subscribers, giving him possibly the worst return-on-investment in all of Youtube.

What makes that comment Hilarious in Hindsight is that Slowbeef's RP (entitled "You will not make it through this video") was directly responsible for Sir Ron gaining an additional 10,000 subscribers.

The downside of this is that if he's not feeling it, he won't record anything at all. This probably explains his 2011 hiatus, as well as the (possibly permanent) current one.

Evil Gloating : In the Hylian Loach arc, Sir Ron finally snapped at the fat fishes that kept taking the bait instead of the legendary fish, which in turn produced this memorable quote:

Sir Ron: "You know what, I'm catching one of you guys, and then we're gonna put you on a frying pan, and then put a lot of butter on you, and then after putting a lot of butter on you guys, HRRGH! And then we gonna show you, the result to YOUR friends! YOU GOT THAT!? GET OVER HERE!".

Hidden Depths: On a former description of his, Ron claimed that the reason he hasn't uploaded video in a while is because he studies for half of each day for his science classes. He also appears to be more self-deprecating in regards to his character.

Could wind up being averted in I Wanna Be the Guy. Unlike his other LP's, Sir Ron appears to be playing this one totally blind, even stating in one video that he wished he could communicate with fans in real time so he'd know where to go next.

Large Ham: Qualifies as this most of the time, but most obviously in Contra.

Like an Old Married Couple: Chip Cheezum and General Ironicus describe some of Sir Ron's arguments with Super Mario 64-Bit as this until Super Mario 64-Bit finally resigns and accepts being Sir Ron's little bitch.

Man Of Five Billion Voices: Okay, maybe not that many, but his range seems to be continuously expanding and even his earlier videos feature remarkably accurate voices for the main characters at the very least.

Miles Gloriosus: X insists that he didn't need anybody's help, and that he beat Vile during the intro stage. Sir Ron calls him out on this frequently. He would be a Ted Baxter if he was not so TITANIUM METAL.

Motor Mouth: Especially the (longer each time, see below) introductions to his Sonic The Hedgehog The Porcupinenote the Guinea Pig the Olympic Gold Medallist Swimmer the et cetera episodes.

Inverted with Let's Recommend by ChipCheezum and General Ironicus. There also used to be a "Sir Ron Appreciation Station" on youtube (link now sadly dead) where a group of Something Awful LPers talk about how much they like his work.

Overly Long Gag: With each zone, Sonic The Hedgehog The Porcupine's name gets longer. By the end, its "Sonic The Hedgehog The Porcupine The Guinea Pig The Olympic World Medallist Swimmer The Golden Onion Ring Eater The Spiky Rolling Blue Heavy Metal Pinball The Guinea Pig And Bunny Protector The Eggman Destroyer The 'Casper The Friendly Ghost' Protector PART 1"! YEAH!!

In the Star Light Zone, he spends an entire video trying to explain how to get an extra life he bypassed at the beginning, but ends up interrupting himself each time.

Once Navi mentions the "Hylian Loach", Sir Ron asks what it is. When Navi refuses to tell him, he asks about everyone they meet about it, only for them to either change the subject or ignore him completely.

Arc Fatigue: When Sir Ron finally finds out what the Hylian Loach is, he and Link spend seven full length videos trying to catch it.

Super Mario 64: He keeps entering Tick Tock Clock intending to complete the "Get A Hand" star, but instead completes all the ones that are supposed to come after that. "Get A Hand" winds up being one of the very LAST stars he gets.

Also, Super Mario 64-Bit doesn't pick up 100 coins for a world's Star. According to Sir Ron, the number that comes after 99 is "a thousand" at first, and eventually morphs into "one billion!" For example: {*mario has 95 coins*} "We have 95 coins! Only five more until we reach One Billion!!"

Sir Ron:"Wow, you guys sound all the same!" Generic NPC:"What are you talking about? We all sound very different!"* Samus is a Girl: Until the very last part of Super Metroid'', Ron firmly believes that Samus isn't a girl, but a robot. He is thoroughly surprised when he learns the truth. But it is a FANTASTIC truth!

Shout-Out: Once in a while, Sir Ron, whilst conversing with Gilbert, will drop the title of What's Eating Gilbert Grape. And then say he found a grape.

Trrrilling Rrrs: Interestingly enough, Sir Ron does this even when out of character. His normal speaking voice—which he uses for his first couple dozen videos—has a noticeable accentnote Chicano perhaps? It was mentioned somewhere once that he lived in or near LA, and his friends speak Spanish during the Braid LP, so it's a reasonable assumption, that he decided to take Up to Eleven in-character.

Unstoppable Rage: In Final Fantasy IV, Sir Ron loses his shit after receiving the Adamant Armor. he had two Pink Tails in his inventory, but the guy who gave him the armor took both Tails and only gave him one Adamant Armor in return.

Vitriolic Best Buds : X and Sir Ron is type 2. It is interesting to note that only X has this kind of relationship with Sir Ron throughout Sir Ron's journey, the fact that Megaman is kind of an ass helps.

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